In North Dakota, after more than three years, $6 million of investment and thousands of hours of management time, North Dakota Soybean Processors announced that it is abandoning its efforts to build a large-scale soybean crushing facility at the Spiritwood Energy Park in Spiritwood, North Dakota. “We made every effort to build the first farmer-owned […]
In Vietnam, Malaysia’s Star newspaper reports that the former chairman of PetroVietnam along with nine alleged accomplices are being charged over negligence surrounding the design, procurement and partial implementation of the ethanol project in Phú Thọ. The Ministry of Public Security says the contractors hired to undertake the project were not qualified and the project […]
In Nigeria, Leadership magazine reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. has been work on developing the cassava- and sugarcane-based ethanol plant in Kogi State, starting with soil tests at the proposed site in the town of Alape. About 20,000 hectares of sugarcane will supply the facility in addition to 15,000 hectares of cassava with […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that the forecasts for Canadian rapeseed and soybean sotcks have been lowered. However, both figures exceed the long-time averages. Statistics Canada recently published an estimate of its grain and oilseed stocks as at the end of the year 2019. The statistics agency put total oilseed stocks at 18.5 million tonnes. This […]
In California, Biossance, clean skincare brand from Amyris, Inc., said their educational platform, The Clean Academy, is back in session. This season, The Clean Academy takes a deeper look at ingredients in some of the most common skincare formulas, such as cleansers, moisturizers, and sunscreens. Each video – hosted by the beauty industry’s leading experts […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production dropped 4.4%, or 48,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 1.033 million b/d—equivalent to 43.39 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. The four-week average ethanol production rate declined 1.4% to 1.048 million b/d, equivalent to an annualized rate of 16.07 billion gallons. Ethanol stocks […]
In France, a new IEA Bioenergy report, “Advanced Biofuels – Potential for Cost Reduction” to be launched on February 20th and carried out by an experienced international team, uses as its starting point a study on the costs of advanced biofuels carried out within the programme of work of the Sub-Group on Advanced Biofuels (SGAB) […]
In California, Pulse 2.0 reports that venture firm Finistere Ventures closed its new $150 million Agtech Fund called Finistere II which primarily focuses on North American opportunities from companies in “global centers of excellence” in Agtech. Finistere is collaborating with Bayer CropScience, AVAC Ltd., and other partners for identifying and investing in such technologies across […]
In Georgia, Kim Nelson from Brazil-based GranBio gave a “TED-style” educational talk on the marvel and potential of nanocellulose at a “TED for Trees” event sponsored by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities. She talked about nanocellulose’s potential, with a particular focus on how nanocellulose can help solve our plastic waste problem. Watch the […]
In Canada, FORGE Hydrocarbons announced an equity investment from Shell Ventures and a follow-on contribution from Valent Low-Carbon Technologies, which will help build a first-of-its-kind CAD$30 million commercial-scale, biofuel production plant in Sombra, Ontario. FORGE’s patented Lipid-to-Hydrocarbon (LTH) technology creates renewable jet fuel, diesel and naphtha from waste fats and oils. FORGE’s renewable diesel and […]
